Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mę

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Pronoun

*mę

1. me; accusative of *(j)azъ

Declension

Proto-Slavic personal pronouns

Singular	1st person	2nd person	Reflexive
Nominative	*jãzъ, *jà	*ty̑	—
Accusative	*mę̑	*tę̑	*sę̑
Genitive	*mȅne	*tȅbe	*sȅbe
Locative	*mьně̀	*tebě̀	*sebě̀
Dative	*mьně̀, *mi	*tebě̀, *ti	*sebě̀, *si
Instrumental	*mъnòjǫ, *mъnojǫ̀	*tobòjǫ, *tobojǫ̀	*sobòjǫ, *sobojǫ̀
Possessive	*mojь	*tvojь	*svojь
Dual	1st person	2nd person	Reflexive
Nominative	*vě̑	*vȃ	—
Accusative	*nȃ	*vȃ	*sę̑
Genitive	*nàju	*vàju	*sȅbe
Locative	*nàju	*vàju	*sebě̀
Dative	*nàma, *na	*vàma, *va	*sebě̀, *si
Instrumental	*nàma	*vàma	*sobòjǫ, *sobojǫ̀
Possessive	*našь	*vašь	*svojь
Plural	1st person	2nd person	Reflexive
Nominative	*my̑	*vy̑	—
Accusative	*ny̑	*vy̑	*sę̑
Genitive	*nàsъ	*vàsъ	*sȅbe
Locative	*nàsъ	*vàsъ	*sebě̀
Dative	*nàmъ, *ny	*vàmъ, *vy	*sebě̀, *si
Instrumental	*nàmi	*vàmi	*sobòjǫ, *sobojǫ̀
Possessive	*našь	*vašь	*svojь

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: мѧ (mę)
    • ⇒? Belarusian: мяне́ (mjanjé) (Possibly blended with Old East Slavic мене (mene))
    • ⇒? Russian: меня́ (menjá) (Possibly blended with Old East Slavic мене (mene))
  • Old Novgorodian: ⰿⱑ (mě)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: мѧ (mę)
  • Bulgarian: ме (me)
  • Macedonian: ме (me)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ме

    Latin script: me

  • Slovene: me
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: mě
  • Polish: mię
  • Slovak: ma
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: mě
    • Upper Sorbian: mje

References

• Mikheev, S. M. (2012), “22 Древнерусских глаголических надписи-граффити XI–XII веков из Новгорода [Twenty two 11ᵗʰ‒12ᵗʰ century Old Russian Glagolitic Graffiti Inscriptions from Novgorod]”, in Slovo‎^[1] (in Russian), volume 62, Zagreb: Old Church Slavonic Institute, →ISSN, page 63‒99